Cheyenne Oil Development Meeting Thursday

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — People worried about booming oil development in the Cheyenne area will get a chance to air their concerns with state regulators and oil industry officials.

Agencies including the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and companies including EOG Resources have scheduled a public meeting on the oil boom Thursday in Cheyenne.

Laramie County leads the state with more than 1,500 recent applications to drill deep oil wells. Up to now, the southern Powder River Basin has been Wyoming's oil-drilling hot spot, but several drilling rigs are active in the Cheyenne area right now.

How much drilling occurs in the months ahead remains to be seen as oil prices fall to their lowest levels in more than five years.

The meeting will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Storey Auditorium.